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Architects Vesnins' House
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Address: Vyezd Vesninykh Street,8
It was opened on 15 January 1986.
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At the heart of the exposition are articles of State scientific - research museum
named by Shchusev, Yuryevets museum of local lore, private archives of architect
A.G.Chinyakova, relatives of the architects. N.M.Vesnina, the widow of V.A.Vesnin
helped very much. The exposition of the museum is devoted to the life and creative
work of the outstanding Russian architects brothers Vesnins'. They were born in
Yuryevets, they spent their childhood in this town.
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The academicians of architecture:
Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin (1880-1930). The author of the projects of the first
Soviet cities - gardens, microdistrict "Falcon" in Moscow, work settlement and
thermoelectric power station in Shatura. One of Moscow streets is called by his
name.
Victor Aleksandrovich Vesnin (1882-1950). The first president of Academy of
architecture of the USSR, first chairman of the Union of Soviet architects, chief
architect of Dnieper hydroelectric power station.
Alexander Aleksandrovich Vesnin (1883-1959). He was professor, theatrical artist,
editor of " Soviet artist " magazin, a head of a designed studio.
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Fragment of an exposition " Drawing Room in the Vesnins' House "
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Fragment of an exposition " Brothers Vesnins' childhood "
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Such brothers Vesnins' masterpieces, as Sirotkin house in Nizhniy Novgorod
(nowadays Nizhniy Novgorod art museum) bank in Ivanovo-Voznesensk, Dnieper
hydroelectric power station, palace of cultur named by Likhachev, department store
on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow went down in a treasury of Russian and Soviet
architecture.
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